Contributors

Dr Mikel Maria Delgado is a cat behaviour consultant and animal behaviour scientist. She is co-author, with Jackson Galaxy, of the book Total Cat Mojo. Her research on cat behaviour has appeared in cat journals and veterinary textbooks, and she has been featured in The New York Times and the BBC, among other outlets.

Jacob (Jacques) Presser (24 February 1899 in Amsterdam – 30 April 1970 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch historian, writer and poet, known for his book Ashes in the Wind on the history of the persecution of the Jews in the Netherlands during World War II. Presser made a significant contribution to Dutch historical scholarship, as well as to European historical scholarship.

Tovah P. Klein, PhD, is a leading child development psychologist and the Director of the Barnard College Center for Toddler Development in Manhattan. She consults internationally on parenting children in the early years and has contributed to publications including New York Times, Huffington Post and Wall Street Journal. She is the mother of three boys and lives in New York.

Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English poet who wrote romantic, devotional, and children's poems. 'Goblin Market' and 'Remember' remain famous. She also wrote the words of two Christmas carols well known in the UK: 'In the Bleak Midwinter', later set by Gustav Holst and by Harold Darke, and 'Love Came Down at Christmas', also set by Darke and by other composers. She was a sister of the pre-Raphaelite artist and poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti and features in several of his paintings.

Steve Martin is the co-author of the New York Times International bestseller Yes! 50 Secrets from the Science of Persuasion. His work in the field of persuasion science has featured widely in the global media. His regular business columns for the British Airways in-flight magazine and the Harvard Business Review are read by over 2 million people each month. He is a guest lecturer at the London Business School and the University of Cambridge.